Combined telephone desk-stand and call-bell.



' PATENTED APR. 2, 1907. G. A. LHOMMEDIEU'.

a COMBINED TELEPHONE DESK STAND AND CALL BELL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1905.

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CHARLES A. LHOMMEDIEU, OF BUFFALO, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO WILLIAM A. LHOMMEDIEU, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND ONE- THIRD TO HARRY LHOMMEDIEU, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED TELEPHONE DESK-STAND AND CALL-BELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed January 5, 1905. Serial No. 239,819-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LHOMME- DIEU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in a Combined Telephone Desk-Stand and Call-Bell, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in telephone desk-stands in which the stand, call-bell, and bell-ringing mechanism are all combined and constructed in one self-contained unit.

The objects of my invention are, first, to simplify the construction of desletelephone instruments by combining in one unit the associated elements comprising parts of a telephone set second, to combine the telephone desk-stand and call-bell in a simple and neat construction, the call-bell gong conforming to the base of the desk-stand; third, to have the call-bell attached to and forming a part of a desk-telephone that the same may be more closely associated in the moving of the instrument from one desk or position to another, and, fourth, to conceal within the base of the telephone-stand the bell-ringing mechanism. I attain these objects by the association and combination of elements illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the entire combined device, showing in dotted lines the bell-ringing mechanism concealed within the base. Fig. 2 is a top View of the call-bell gong and base, showing the upright standard in section and illustrating the bell-ringing mechanism as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the base and call-bell, showing a portion of the upright standard; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of an alternate construction in the base portion of the device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The device consists of an upright hollow standard a, a call-bell gong b, encircling said standard and attached thereto, a hollow base 0, supporting said standard, and a bell-ringing mechanism (1, concealed within said base. The call-bell and bell-ringing mechanism are of the ordinary type, having the bell striker or clap er 6 in proper position for striking the call-bell.

In the alternate construction, Fig. 4, the hollow standard f is mounted on the hollow base 7L, the upper part of said base being of an elongated form to provide a proper support for the call-bell gong g, which en circles and is attached to said elongated portion of the base in the manner shown. The bell-ringing mechanism "L is concealed within the base, with the bell striker or clapper j in proper position for striking the call-bell.

The telephone instrument is supported by the standard a, the transmitter being attached in the usual manner to the top of said standard.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A desk-telephone comprising a hollow base, provided with an opening, a standard having detachable engagement with the base and provided with an annular projection near its lower end, a bell contacting with said shoulder to limit upward movement of the bell, and a bell-ringing mechanism located within the base and provided with a clapperarm extending through the aforesaid opening of the base to ring the bell.

2. A desk-telephone comprising a base having an opening therein, a standard having screw-threaded engagement with the base, a bell embracing the standard and having screw-threaded engagement therewith, a bell ringing mechanism located in the base and having a clapper-arm extended through the opening of the base to ring the bell.

CHARLES A. LHOMMEDIEU.

lVitnesses:

l/VM. A. LHOMMEDIEU, HARRY LHOMMEDIEU. 

